marionette
A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of stringsA puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
» No... you're just a simple marionette.
Nein ... du bist nur eine einfache Marionette.
Meaning
2 sensesA puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
Marionette
марионе́ткаmarionétka
маріоне́ткаmarionétka
(obsolete)The buffel duck.
- a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
Examples
16 sentencesNo... you're just a simple marionette.
deNein ... du bist nur eine einfache Marionette.
Politicians are just marionettes in this reality show.
I thought of making myself a beautiful wooden marionette.
I waited anxiously in the shade of the marionette theater.
ruЯ тревожно ждал в тени кукольного театра.
The whole polyglot ghetto watched a marionette show in the square.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French marionnette. The word had originally meant a small statue of the VirgBorrowed from French marionnette. The word had originally meant a small statue of the Virgin Mary, then also a puppet of her used in religious theatrical presentations, finally generalised to any puppet.
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Forms
plural: marionettes| Singular | marionette |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer:puppet